The precise answer depends to a large extent on storage conditions - to maximize the shelf life of opened sour cream, keep it refrigerated at all times. To maximize the shelf life of sour cream after opening, keep refrigerated and tightly covered, either in the original packaging or in an airtight container. Properly stored, an opened package of sour cream will generally last for about two weeks after opening, assuming it has been continuously refrigerated.
Definition of cauterize for English Language Learners medical: to burn (something, such as a wound) with heat or a chemical substance in order to destroy infected tissue Medical Dictionary
Sometimes the word cauterize is used. This is known in English since 1541, and is derived via Medieval French cauteriser from Late Latin cauterizare to burn or brand with a hot iron, itself from Greek ÎºÎ±ÏÏÎ·ÏÎ¹Î¬Î¶ÎµÎ¹Î½, kauteriazein, from ÎºÎ±ÏÏÎ®Ï kauter burning or branding iron, from ÎºÎ±Î¯ÎµÎ¹Î½ kaiein to burn.